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Anyone using a Becker Traffic Pro head unit in their car(s)? If so, how do you find it in operation (speed of re-routing etc) and ease of use? I'm thinking of purchasing one as it matches the factory supplied head unit I already have in looks (+...

Just announced. Apparently he had had a stroke. One of the most distinctive voices in the music world and another part of my youth gone.So sad.

HiCan any of the medics out there help me please?I am looking for some help with a medical problem. It concerns my 87 year old Dad.All of his life, as far as I can remember, he has enjoyed the sun and would get his shirt off and lie out in it at every...

Now there's an interesting subject starter if ever there was one, innit !Fritz Von We all do it don't we to varying degrees

I couldn't sleep so watched a great old 60's movie with Burt Lancaster about the Nazi's trying to nick French art treaures just before the war's end (The Train). So wether it's World Literature, Art, Design, Oh and that other stuff ! What's it called...

It was only a question of time I suppose.Fritz Von Fuck the Magna Carta no one can read it anyway

Who are these people and what exactly do they do?

This morning a political campaign leaflet dropped through my door. Labour, Conservative, Lib Dem, Green? No.It was from the BNP. I am unnerved to say the least that they seem to be active in my area.Needless to say the leaflet went straight in the...

What do Naim-ites recommend for mains distribution blocks, or bars, if anything?Looking over threads dealing with trouble-shooting of ground loop buzz, I just picked up on the consensus (with some dissenting views) that power conditioners are to be...

Having just woken to the swinging tones of Tiny Tim singing & playing Tiptoe through the Tulips, I thought to myself how much better than politics this is, Deane was right, far too much of the nasty stuff, innit. Cheers, Fritz Von Off to Jog with his therapist's Wife

Anybody read this yet? Seemed very space opera to me but a very enjoyable read. Not quite the epic feel of the Hyperion series but I'm waiting on the sequel before I pass judgement.It got me interested in classics too.

Go on, I won't tell anybody promise, and cross my heart !Fritz Von I'll slip yer a few bob naturally

HI,Due to an install of XP SP2 to my PC I Have had to uninstall the above beacause my PC kept crashing. So I then go look for the Creative CD rom that comes with the player to reinstall and guess what, can't find it!Anyone out there operating this MP3...

Refer to another forum please !Fritz Von I had an arsehole transplant once, the bugger rejected me

I was listening to the news this morning and there was a mention of a Stephanie Gilmore, just 14 tears of age taking a day off school to celebrate winning a world series surfing event near my old home town. And I thought maybe she's the granddaughter...

I've had DSL now for about three weeks, and for the first time (about an hour ago & it's gone right to my head ?) I heard mumbled voices coming from one of my speakers (honnist). Not unlike the old short wave police & taxi stuff from UK (very rare here by accident)so after I'd confirmed that I wasn't imagining it ? I tried to listen close up (can't control volume) it's definately German, though jumbled and mixed, probably the Chief playing with his new studio stuff up the road ? Fritz Von...

Dear AllSo there i was relaxing in my warm pit at the end of another interesting day in the service of our fellow man (NHS) reading the April edition of Car Magazine.I turned over the page to find it was the letters page.And there in a beautiful piece...

Is it the front, where you can visually decouple from the car, and feel you are rushing through spaceorThe rear, where you can see the undulations of the car, and the reactions of the other riders, hands in the air?DS OTD - Gridlok - Heatwave

I'm not a vegetarian persay, but I've totally gone off of eating pork pies of late, and I feel this could very well be a permanent thing, God only knows why ? innit.Fritz Von Elvis is playing Berlin tonight

I have been given a Musicworks 6 way megablock plus to try and it, well, sounds great.Sharper sounds, more detailed, etc etc.Have others gone down this route, are there any pitfalls I should be aware of? After all, Naim do say to only use their mains...

Adam can you please help or offer advice?Ms S has returned from Camp Cupcake and I can't seem to find the REPLY option on this thread.Do threads have an Archive on date that is set so many days after last use?

Does it worry anyone else that the separate Naim dealers' and distributors' site has produced only 80 topics and 198 posts, the last of which was posted on 24 Jan 2005? We punters seem to exceed that most days.But wouldn't it be fun to hack into the...

Though then I reconsidered and thought to myself, no Fritz ! there'll be no demand for such a thread, innit.Fritz Von Sterile ameba's

Apart from having roof problems, I have had what I think may be thyroid problems - the symptoms are dry itchy skin, tiredness and feeling very hot. I have a doctors appointment next Tuesday, but has anyone any experience/suggestions to alleviate the...

About a month ago I was pulled up for rolling thru a stop sign . The irony was that I had pulled up to clear debris off the road which had blown off a truck in front of me. So I was running late for an appointment at the local hospital so I rolled...